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Ursula

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The frightened heirs
36:23
The rich uncle
33:57
The doctor's friends
33:28
Zélie
29:18
Ursula
30:11
A treatise on mesmerism
42:00
A two-fold conversion
21:27
The conference
24:34
A first confidence
30:10
The family of Portenduère
29:45
Savinien saved
39:00
Obstacles to young love
24:46
Betrothal of hearts
40:46
Ursula again orphaned
22:31
The doctor's will
38:35
The two adversaries
21:28
The malignity of provincial minds
36:08
A two-fold vengeance
31:55
Apparitions
40:28
Remorse
19:04
Showing how difficult it is to steal that which seems very easily stolen
27:01

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Set in the quiet town of Nemours, this novel turns on a contested inheritance and the fate of an orphaned girl. Dr. Minoret, an aging rationalist, is drawn toward Christian faith late in life after witnessing experiments in mesmerism and somnambulism, and he resolves to leave his fortune to his gentle goddaughter Ursule. His grasping relatives have other plans, and a stolen will sets greed against innocence. Balzac, who counted this among his favorites, weaves together provincial manners, questions of belief, and even prophetic dreams that reach beyond the grave. The result is one of the warmer entries in his scenes of provincial life. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers the complete story to read at no cost.

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist whose vast Human Comedy, a connected series of novels and stories, is a monument of literary realism and one of the great achievements of world literature.